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Tuesday, Jul 27

• 12:40 pm GMT
  Hot, Cold, Wet, Dry
  When weather becomes climate; The past as prologue: fortune-telling from tree rings; The Green Revolution hits the skids: genetically resilient pathogens and monoculture crops

Monday, Jul 26

• 12:21 pm GMT
  Blight: Oh No! Not the Pesto, too!
  Basil blight spreads in U.S. - New York, New Jersey, Ohio and Florida; Spread by wind-borne spores; Destroys leaves fast
• 12:13 pm GMT
  Eastern U.S.: Meltdown
  Record-breaking temperatures plus humidity - triple digit heat index

Sunday, Jul 25

• 2:55 am GMT
  Wheat: Gone with the Wind
  A half-century after Norman Borlaug tamed Wheat Stem Rust, a virulent strain emerges; First discovered in Uganda in 1999 - "Ug99"; Spores spread disease quickly; Crops wiped out in weeks
• 2:51 am GMT
  Tex-Mex Mess: Rio Grande Flood
  Days of rain send river at least 17' over flood stage; Mass evacuations of homes along border; Thousands of homes destroyed, 130,000 without clean drinking water; Border crosssings closed; At least a dozen deaths
• 2:51 am GMT
  Stem Rust: Wheat's Grim Reaper
  The "polio of agriculture" - spread 5,000 miles in 10 years; Threatens to reverse gains of Borlaug's Green Revolution; Underscores frailty of single gene protection; Could further destabilize AfPak region
• 2:50 am GMT
  Cassava Blight
  Could cost billions in food aid; Brown streak virus in Congo Basin - "explosive, pandemic-style spread" in 6 years; Threatens Nigeria; Staple crop for 800 million globally; Drought tolerant and "bad management" tolerant
• 2:50 am GMT
  Tomato Crop 2010: Late Blight Back in U.S.
  Fungus that cased Irish potato famine emerged in U.S. in 2009; Spread by infected garden center stock; Spores can overwinter; Fears scourge will become endemic
• 2:29 am GMT
  Russia: The Drought by the Numbers
  Affecting an area the size of Portugal; Nearly 20% of the wheat crop destroyed; Prices hike; Inflation expected to rise
• 2:07 am GMT
  Droughts Past: Reading the Tree Rings
  New drought atlas uses data from thousands of ancient trees from all over Asia; Links droughts in Asia to political upheaval: Fall of Ming dynasty, Khmer empire, French revolution